Art has been a part of Richardon’s life since before he could write. Born in San Antonio, he is a self-taught realist/expressionist painter working in oil paints and charcoals. Since 2000, he has been creating commissioned drawings in charcoal and in 2011 began painting with oils. He has been a painting animator for a film and had drawings used as props for a television series. He's had solo shows in Albuquerque and San Antonio, TX. Since 2019, he has shown and sold works at ArtsThrive at the Albuquerque Museum.